On Wed, 23 Nov 2016 08:38:34 -0600 Segher Boessenkool <seg...@kernel.crashing.org> wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 24, 2016 at 12:08:40AM +1100, Nicholas Piggin wrote: > > Question, are there any fundamental reasons we shouldn't use the ELFv2 > > ABI to build big endian kernels if the compiler supports it? > > No one uses ELFv2 for BE in production, and it isn't thoroughly tested > at all, not even regularly tested. "Not supported", as far as GCC is > concerned (or any of the distros AFAIK). > > There are no fundamental reasons of course, ABIs are largely just > conventions, not laws of nature. That's a very good reason! I didn't think of that, I'll drop the idea. Thanks, Nick